TY  - GEN
AU  - Picco G.
AU  - Picco Giandomenico
AU  - Aboulmagd A.Kamal
TI  - Crossing the Divide: Dialogue Among Civilizations
SN  - 0971606102
PY  - 2001///
CY  - South Orange
PB  - School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University
KW  - UDC
KW  - 327 Міжнародні зв'язки. Світова політика. Міжнародні справи. Зовнішня політика
N2  - "Crossing the divide", whatever that divide seems to be, is the first step in learning how to manage and appreciate diversity. It is a quality that new generations may find indispensable. Have we, the older generation, passed on the fear of diversity? If that is so, it is equally important that the youth of our societies be aware of our mistake and findthe courage to go a step farther, to learn what we have not, to see what we did not see, and to cross the divide where we failed to do so. The young generation aspires to do a better job than we have done, to build a more just society than we have. No "lesson" from the past can damper the dreams and aspirations, the vision and expectations, of the generation that is taking over. For most of us, the fact that something was not done before does not mean it cannot ever be done. This, if anything, is incentive to strive for more
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